Since arriving in regional Australia over a decade ago, Martin has had the privilege of being part of academic leadership teams that have increased rural student placement activity, augmented interprofessional educational initiatives to support rural students, amplified the number and quality of research outputs in regional South Australia and Western Australia, and designed innovative educational models for the existing rural health workforce.
Martin has held leadership roles within the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom, serving diverse and under-served communities in inner-city London and its outer boroughs. He has also held National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) grants in the UK and has collaborated successfully on research with academics from the UK, Australia, China, and the European Union.
In previous UK roles, Martin was responsible for a £200M budget, delivering safe, effective, and high-quality nursing services. In his work with patients/service users, families, and healthcare workers, he has undertaken randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews, and has tested formulated hypotheses. These programs of research have generated over $5M in research grant funding, with funding sources including partners from the European Union, Primary Health Networks, the Commonwealth, and local community partners in rural and remote Australia.
Martin has published over 100 journal articles, serves as an Associate Editor for Nursing Reports, and has supervised three PhD students to completion. He has also taken a leadership role in increasing access to low-intensity psychosocial interventions for depression by developing evidence-based clinical skills training for diverse groups of healthcare workers.
In 2020, Martin developed a holistic, online mental health skills training program for people living with common mental health conditions. In Australia, he has collaborated with regional communities to increase clinical trial activity by developing a portfolio of clinical trials in partnership with the Australian Tele Trial Program (ATP). In the UK, Martin initiated a program of research aimed at understanding the role of Mental Health Nurses (MHNs) who prescribe mental health medication. Additionally, he was part of a team that completed a program of research developing and evaluating a novel intervention to improve the physical health of people with serious mental illness (SMI). The Health Improvement Profile (HIP) for people with SMI can be accessed via the published article. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01375.x